On Friday, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel laid off more than 50 newsroom employees, including three Web producers. The Daily Pulp reports that online producers Jack Brennan and Ray Lynch volunteered to be laid off; Brian Wacker did not. On Thursday, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel added a Web job to the Tribune job board: Title: Online [...]

Much is being made — and rightly so — over the Orlando Sentinel‘s attempt to not discuss layoffs made last week at the paper. (Of course, Paper Cuts followers were in the know. Stay tuned, a second round of layoffs at the Sentinel will be announced this week.) The Sentinel cut 16 jobs Wednesday while [...]

Los Angeles Times Publisher David Hiller announced his resignation today. The official memo: I want to let you know that David Hiller has decided to step down as publisher of The Los Angeles Times, effective immediately. David took over as publisher in October 2006, during a difficult period for the newspaper and has performed with [...]

I’ve been a big supporter of Tribune Co.’s new leader Sam Zell. He’s approaching newspapers as a business, which I think is smart, and often misunderstood, especially in newsrooms. But his press release style needs work. In announcing the promotion of Kim Johnson, new senior vice president of local sales, the release says Johnson is [...]

Newsday designer John Smith offers six tips to turn around Tribune Co. I have a few problems with No. 6, streamlining the company and creating The National Tribune. But I wholeheartedly agree with his outlook on the Web. Why can’t newspapers understand that the print edition can no longer be the first (and often only) [...]